"It is a little bit like me being a parent and, when my daughter would ask me for something, I would say, 'We will see.'"
"So when you say the money is coming from Federal land elsewhere, it is coming from--I am the 'elsewhere.' It is from Wyoming."
"This bill doesn't have anything to do with Wyoming. This has to do with trying to help out the Navajo and trying to get Ark Land Company's property rights monetized."
"How does delaying this bill moving forward advance that conclusion? Would you like to have the bill written so it uses a specific number?"
"I appreciate that, and I get that, and I am sorry to interrupt you. I was kind of hoping that you could just say 'yes' or 'no.'"
"H.R. 5176 is essential to fulfill our Federal obligation to the Navajo Nation."
"I have been here long enough to know that, when the Administration comes in with a statement that says we would like to continue to work with the sponsors, that is code, and that is code for, 'We don'..."
"Well, you know what? Time is kind of a'wasting. You know, we are down to the wire here. So my time is expired. But, man, I would just like to get this done."
"H.R. 5176, co-sponsored by Mrs. Lummis."
"To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to retire coal preference right lease applications for which the Secretary has made an affirmative commercial quantities determination."
"Petroleum from the Bakken region recently passed 1 million barrels per day, which accounts for approximately 12% of total domestic production."